In Episode 156, we’ve teamed up with one of our favourite indie publishers, House of Anansi Press, to read the short story collection Who Will Bury You? Written by Zimbabwean author Chido Muchemwa, the stories take place across generations, in Toronto and Zimbabwe, and grapple with loss, family, and the meaning of home.
Show Notes
We love working with House of Anansi! This is our seventh episode featuring their books, and we hope to read even more in future episodes. Check out the list of previous HOA books below.
One of the best parts of reading is learning new things and we both realized how little we know about Zimbabwean history and culture. Now we want to know all about the construction of the Kariba Dam, the story of the Zambezi river god Nyami Nyami, and more about the mermaids.
When we talked about flash fiction, Gen talked about The Forever Workshop, available through Substack and run by the cool people at Chill Subs/Write or Die. If you sign up for their paid newsletter, you get the entire back catalog of their self-paced workshops!
Our next episode is our anniversary episode! This one marks six years of being in the podcast business. Can you believe it? We can’t. It was 2018. It was a different world.
Other House of Anansi Episodes
20: Dual Citizens by Alix Ohlin & Autopsy of a Boring Wife by Marie-Renee Lavoie
39: Coming Up for Air by Sarah Leipciger & Pallbearing Stories by Michael Melgaard
43: You Are Not What We Expected by Sidura Ludwig
70: A Boring Wife Settles the Score by Marie-Renee Lavoie
97: A Waiter in Paris by Edward Chisholm
128: The All + Flesh by Brandi Bird
